EP3129757B1 - Device for weighing slaughter products - Google Patents

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EP3129757B1
EP3129757B1 EP15710957.0A EP15710957A EP3129757B1 EP 3129757 B1 EP3129757 B1 EP 3129757B1 EP 15710957 A EP15710957 A EP 15710957A EP 3129757 B1 EP3129757 B1 EP 3129757B1
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Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters
Gerardus Josef Gertrudis REINTJES
Tim Sander RIJERSE
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    • G01G17/00—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property
    • G01G17/08—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property for weighing livestock
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    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/02—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles
    • G01G19/04—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing railway vehicles
    • G01G19/06—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing railway vehicles on overhead rails
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D11/00—Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D11/30—Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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    • G01G21/00—Details of weighing apparatus
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G21/00—Details of weighing apparatus
    • G01G21/22—Weigh pans or other weighing receptacles; Weighing platforms
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G21/00—Details of weighing apparatus
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    • G01G11/00—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers

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  • the invention relates to a device for weighing slaughter products, comprising a guide which extends along a conveying path, product carriers which can be moved along the guide and which are configured for suspending slaughter products therefrom, and weighing means comprising a weighbridge.
  • a weighbridge By means of which a product carrier with a slaughter product suspended therefrom can be weighed in-line. From the weighing result the weight of the slaughter product in question can then be derived.
  • a weighing device is described in International patent application WO 2013/154427 A1 .
  • the length of the weighbridge is adapted to the distance apart between adjacent product carriers, such that the possibility of the runners of two successive product carriers simultaneously rolling over the weighbridge is ruled out. Concretely this implies that the length of the weighbridge is selected to be slightly smaller than the pitch between product carriers.
  • each product carrier comprises two coaxial runners. Slaughter products may tend to sway to and fro in the conveying direction during transport. Such swaying interferes with automated operations to be carried out on the slaughter product and/or with the weighing of the slaughter product.
  • each product carrier With four runners, two of which runners are provided behind the other two, seen in the direction of movement. As a result, the distance between a rear runner of a product carrier and a front runner of a product carrier directly therebehind is smaller than the pitch between the product carriers. In order to prevent runners of two successive product carriers rolling over the weighbridge simultaneously, a shorter weighbridge can be used.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a solution or at least an improvement in that regard.
  • US 3089554 describes a device according to the preamble of claim 1. More in particular it describes a meat packaging apparatus comprising a track and a carrier which is supported for movement along the track and which in operation is filled with meat.
  • the track has a stationary section and a relatively movable weighing section.
  • US 2716547 describes an apparatus for in-motion weighing of vehicles.
  • the apparatus has an inclined weighbridge.
  • the invention provides a device according to claim 1.
  • the use of a separate track for each of the four runners makes it possible to have the four runners roll onto the weighbridge and off the weighbridge simultaneously in spite of the fact that they are in part arranged behind each other.
  • the weighbridge can thus be configured to be relatively long, so that the time interval available for weighing will be relatively long as well and a relatively accurate weighing result can be obtained.
  • the invention is suitable for use in an embodiment in which the weighbridge forms part of the endless guide and the four runners are configured to roll over the guide upstream and downstream of the weighbridge during movement of the product carrier.
  • This provides the advantage that the four runners that are used for moving the product carriers along the endless guide are also used in the weighing of the slaughter products. This directly implies that alternatively it is also possible within the scope of the invention to use separate runners, which are only functional during the weighing operation, for example.
  • a practical embodiment of the invention is obtained if the four runners are provided in pairs, wherein the runners of each pair are arranged coaxially.
  • the track widths of the two runners of the respective pairs of runners are identical to each other.
  • one pair of runners is positioned obliquely behind the other pair of runners, seen in the conveying direction, which makes it possible in a suitable way to realise four parallel tracks.
  • the track widths of the two runners of the respective pairs of runners could be different from each other.
  • the front two runners could thus be provided on the outer sides or, on the contrary, on the inner sides of the rear two runners, which would also make it possible to realise four parallel tracks.
  • the pitch of successive pairs of runners will be the same at all times, independent from the question whether they belong to the same product carrier or to two different product carriers. In this way an advantageous compromise is reached between the aim of achieving a high degree of stability of the product carriers on the one hand, for which purpose the product carriers are provided with four runners, and the aim of achieving accurate measurements on the other hand.
  • the distance apart between the two pairs of runners associated with a product carrier may be smaller than half the distance apart between two adjacent product carriers. In this way relatively compact product carriers are obtained, which nevertheless exhibit a more stable behaviour than product carriers provided with only two runners.
  • Another possibility of creating four parallel tracks can be obtained if the running surfaces of at least two runners of the four runners are different from each other.
  • the running surfaces By configuring the running surfaces to be different from each other, a possibility is created to provide runners of a product carrier directly behind each other and nevertheless use different tracks, wherein one track is located within the width of the runners on the right-hand side and the other track is located within the width of the runners on the left-hand side.
  • the running surfaces of the at least two mutually different runners differ from each other as regards their position relative to the centre of the width of the runners in question and/or if each one of the rear two runners is provided directly behind one of the front two runners.
  • the vertical positions of at least two tracks of said four tracks are different from each other. In this way a runner can be made to hover over a track, for example, without coming into contact with said track on the weighbridge.
  • At least one track is located on a laterally inclined part of the weighbridge or, furthermore preferably, if at least two tracks are located on two respective laterally inclined parts of the weighbridge, wherein the two laterally inclined parts are inclined in opposite directions.
  • the invention further relates to a method for weighing slaughter products using a device according to the invention as elucidated in the foregoing.
  • Figure 1 shows a part of a distribution line 1 for distributing slaughter birds 2.
  • the slaughter birds 2 are weighed by means of a weighbridge 3.
  • the weighing results obtained on the weighbridge can be used for distributing the slaughter birds downstream of the weighing installation 3 for further processing.
  • the distribution line 1 comprises an endless guide 4, along which product carriers 5, from which the slaughter birds 2 are suspended, are being moved.
  • product carriers 5 For a detailed description of product carriers 5 reference is made to Dutch patent application NL 2012386 , which publication is to be considered incorporated herein, at least insofar as it relates to the description of the product carriers. A limited description of the product carrier 5 herein will suffice.
  • a single product carrier 5 is shown in figure 3 .
  • the product carriers 5 are interconnected via a driven chain 6, which is not shown in figure 1 for that matter.
  • the product carrier 5 comprises two fork members 7 with two upwardly extending legs.
  • the legs 8 of each fork member 7 extend along two opposite sides of the guide 4.
  • Above the guide 4, the product carrier 5 comprises a runner for each leg 8, via which the product carriers are suspended from the guide 4.
  • the four runners of each product carrier 5 are not identical to each other.
  • the runners associated with the rear fork member 7, seen in the conveying direction 9, are identical to each other and are indicated by numeral 10.
  • the runners 11 associated with the front fork member 7 are likewise identical to each other, but they are different from the runners 10.
  • the centre-to-centre distance of the runners 10 and 11 equals half the pitch between the product carriers 5.
  • the runners 10 and 11 will be described in more detail yet hereinafter.
  • the endless guide 4 comprises a weighing guide part 15, which is shown in figure 2a .
  • the weighing guide part 15 also forms part of the weighing installation 3.
  • the weighing of a slaughter bird 2 by the weighbridge 3 can only take place when all the runners 10, 11 of the product carriers 5 from which the slaughter bird 2 in question is suspended are present on the weighing guide part 15, which implies in practice that the runners 10, 11 in question are rolling over the weighing guide part 15.
  • the weighing guide part 15 is synonymous with a weighbridge.
  • the configuration of the weighing guide part 15 has been selected so that it achieves, in combination with the specific configuration of the runners 10, 11 (yet to be described), that the four runners 10, 11 will roll onto the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously and also off the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously.
  • the runners 10, 11 run over the weighing guide part 15 along four tracks 20a, 20b, 21a, 21b, which extend parallel to each other.
  • the tracks 20a, 20b, 21a, 21b are located in the centre of the contact between the associated runners 10, 11 and the weighing guide part 15.
  • the weighing guide part 15 comprises four rolling surface parts 22a, 22b, 23a, 23b, on which the respective tracks 20a, 20b, 21a, 21b are present.
  • the rolling surface parts 22a, 22b are located on the upper side of two outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b.
  • the rolling surface parts 23a, 23b are provided on the upper side of a central rolling surface body 25 of the weighing guide part 15.
  • the outer rolling surface body 24a is connected to the central rolling surface body 25 via bridge members 26a, 26b.
  • the outer rolling surface body 24b is connected to the central rolling surface body 25 via bridge members 27a, 27b.
  • the central rolling surface body 25 Provided in the centre of the central rolling surface body 25 are a number of through fixing holes 28, via which the weighing guide part 15 is bolted to a central connecting plate 29, which in turn is suspended from the loading cell 30 of the weighing installation 3.
  • the central connecting plate 29 extends between the two runners 10 and 11 associated with each of the fork members 7.
  • the rolling surface parts 22a, 22b are arranged in slightly inclined, mirror symmetrical relationship so as to obtain a centring effect when the runners 10 roll over the rolling surface parts 22a, 22b along the tracks 20a, 20b.
  • the rolling surface parts 21a, 21b are arranged in slightly inclined, mirror symmetrical relationship so as to obtain a centring effect when the runners 11 roll over the rolling surface parts 23a, 23b along the tracks 21a, 21b.
  • the runners 10 are conventional runners having a slightly convex, symmetrical running surface 31.
  • the runners 11 are made by mechanically turning off a part of the runners 10 in the area 32, as is shown only for the runner 11 on the left-hand side in figure 4b .
  • the runners 11 could be made in the same manner as the runners 10, viz. by being cast in a mould.
  • the running surface 33 of each runner 11 is asymmetrical in shape, and also narrower than the running surface 31. At the location of their central axis, however, the width of the runners 11 is the same as the corresponding width of the runners 10.
  • Each runner 10 is positioned directly behind (i.e. within the width of) a runner 11.
  • the product carriers 5 are suitable for being used in the entire distribution line 1.
  • the distribution line 1 therefore does not require any further modifications so as to adapt it for use with product carriers 5 provided with, inter alia, the runners 11.
  • the four runners 10 and 11 will roll simultaneously onto and simultaneously off the weighing guide part 15 in use.
  • the lengths of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b on the one hand and the length of the central rolling surface body 25 on the other hand are the same.
  • the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b are connected to the central rolling surface body 25 via the bridge members 26a, 26b, 27a, 27b in such a manner that the rear ends 35a, 35b of the respective outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b are located behind the rear end 36 of the central rolling surface body 25, spaced therefrom by a distance equal to the pitch distance between the runners 10 of a product carrier 5 on the one hand and the runners 11 of said product carrier 5 on the other hand.
  • the front end 37 of the central rolling surface body 25 is therefore located in front of the front ends 38a, 38b of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b, spaced therefrom by the same pitch distance. It is further important to note that the rolling surface parts 22a, 22b are positioned at a slightly higher level than the rolling surface parts 23a, 23b, as is shown in figures 4a and 4b .
  • weighing guide part 15 on the one hand and the runners 10, 11 on the other hand implies that, in use, all four runners 10, 11 roll onto the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously and off the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously.
  • guide parts 41, 42 having a cross-section comparable to the weighing guide part 15 connect to the rear end as well as to the front end of the weighing guide part 15.
  • the upstream guide part 41 has a central part 43, aligned with the central rolling surface body 25, which is provided with holes 44. Via said holes 44, the upstream guide part 41 is bolted to an upstream connecting plate 48, which in turn is suspended from a frame (not shown) via a connecting block 49.
  • the front end of the central part 43 connects to the rear end 36 of the central rolling surface body 25.
  • the upstream guide part 41 further comprises two outer parts 45a, 45b, the front ends of which connect to the rear ends 35a, 35b of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b.
  • the rear end of the outer parts 46a, 46b of the upstream guide part 42 connects to the front ends 38a, 38b of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b, and the rear end of the central part 47 of the upstream guide part 42 connects to the front end 37 of the central rolling surface body 25.
  • the central part 47 is provided with fixing holes 48, via which the downstream guide part 42 is bolted to a downstream connecting plate 50, which is suspended, via a connecting block 51, from the aforementioned frame from which also the connecting block 49 is suspended.
  • connections of the guide parts 41, 42 to the weighing guide part 15 are contactless connections, so that movements such as vibrations in the guide part 41, 42 cannot be directly transferred to the weighing guide part 15, which might interfere with the weighing operation by the weighbridge 3.
  • the front runners 11 Before a product carrier 5, more specifically the runners 10, 11 thereof, rolls onto the weighing guide part 15 in use, the front runners 11 first pass the rear ends 35a, 35b of the outer rolling surface body 24a, 24b. As a result of the adapted shape of the running surfaces 33 of the runners 11, no contact will take place between the weighing guide part 15, more specifically the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b thereof, even more specifically the tracks 22a, 22b thereof, on the one hand and the runners 11 on the other hand. The runners 11 and the runners 10 then arrive simultaneously at the rear end 36 of the central rolling surface body 25 and the rear ends 35a, 35b of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b, respectively. When the product carriers 5 move further ahead, all four runners 10, 11 will run onto the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously.
  • the runners 10 Upon further movement ahead of the product carrier 5, the runners 10 will arrive at the front ends 38a, 38b of the outer rolling surface bodies 24a, 24b at the same moment when the runners 11 arrive at the front end 37 of the central rolling surface body 25. Upon even further movement ahead, all four runners 10, 11 will run off the weighing guide part 15 simultaneously. It is noted in that regard that the runners 10, having passed the weighing guide part 15, will roll onto the outer parts 46a, 46b of the downstream guide part 42 without coming into contact with the central rolling surface body 25 of the weighing guide part 15 on account of the higher position of the outer parts 46a, 46b relative to the central rolling surface body 25.
  • weighing operations can be carried out by means of the weighing installation 3. It will be understood that the weighing operation concerns not only the weighing of the slaughter birds 2 but also of the product carriers 5 and a part of the chain 6, whilst any tension in the chain will also affect the weighing result. It is advantageous to reduce the tension in the chain 6 as much as possible during the weighing process. In fact, gross weights are determined.
  • International patent application WO 2013/154427 A1 describes, inter alia, an effective way of deriving the net weight of slaughter birds 2 from the gross weight. The publication in question furthermore describes in general terms how weighing operations can be carried out in an effective manner. The contents of WO 2013/154427 A1 , insofar as they relate to a possible manner of determining a gross weight and the manner of deriving a net weight therefrom, are to be considered incorporated herein.

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